Fish medicine
Encyclopedia
Fish medicine is the study and treatment of the diseases of fish
. Although some practitioners work primarily with aquarium
fish, this field also has important applications to fisheries management.
Fish medicine remains a largely embryonic
field, but is developing rapidly in some areas. American institutions offering courses in fish medicine include the University of Florida
. In March 2006, South Korea
began offering a licensing examination for fish disease professionals, or "fish doctors."
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
. Although some practitioners work primarily with aquarium
Aquarium
An aquarium is a vivarium consisting of at least one transparent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, turtles, and aquatic plants...
fish, this field also has important applications to fisheries management.
Fish medicine remains a largely embryonic
Embryonic
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field, but is developing rapidly in some areas. American institutions offering courses in fish medicine include the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
. In March 2006, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
began offering a licensing examination for fish disease professionals, or "fish doctors."